Interchangeable line-up



Jun 27, 1939.

O. IVAN EK INTERCHANGEABLE LINE-UP Filed April 5, 1937 Fig.1.

lvamek w W QHOWWS l lllllllll Patented June 27, 1939 I UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to novelties and it particularly has for its objectto provide a novelty for use by those watching a football game, orlistening to the game broadcast over the radio so that the spectator orlistener on the radio can have the proper lineup before him no matterhow fast the substitutions of players are made during the game.

Further it is an object to provide a novelty of the character statedwhich may be used for advertising purposes by providing advertisementson the back or even on the front of the article if desired.

In the drawing in which like numerals and letters of referencesdesignate like parts in all the figures,

Fig. 1 is a face view of an interchangeable lineup card embodying theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detail section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a face view of .a player slide member.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part generally pointed outhereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends the invention stillfurther resides in those novel details of construction, combination andarrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described in thefollowing detailed description, then be pointed out in the appendedclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which thecard is shown made up of two thicknesses of material, I and 2, thematerial used being cardboard, stiff paper, Celluloid, or metal as maybe found most desirable. The card is preferably made up somewhat in theform simulating a football with lines 33 indicating the usual stitchingand 4 the usual lacing of a football.

On one face, preferably that of the member I, is printed or otherwiseindicated a lineup of players, the players being indicated preferably inthe attitude of being ready to begin the play and they are indicated bythe letters C for center, R. G. and L. G. for right and left guardsrespectively, R. T. and L. T. for right and left tackles, R. E. and L.E. for right and left ends, Q. B. for quarter-back, R. H. and L. H. forright and left half-backs, and F. B. for full-back.

Adjacent each player designation the member I has two parallel slots 5-5and two parallel slots 6-6 at right angles to the first pair, the slots6-45 defining, when the panel I is in place, a Window through which thenumber and name of the player is exhibited.

The panel 1 comprises an elongated strip having the numbers and names ofthe players listed thereon in vertical columns. At the one end the panelI is transversely slotted or slit as at 8 to provide a pair of ears 9connected by a brace por tion Hi, the ears 9 passing through the slots55 while the strip 1 is passed through the slots 66 as shown. The ears 9thus serve as guides by means of which the panel I may be slid in adirection parallel to the slots 5-5 to expose the name and number of anyplayer desired.

While I have shown the card as made up of a front section I and a backsection 2, the back section may be omitted if desired.

The panels I are made up to contain the numbers and names of the playersof a particular team, via, all Princeton, or all Yale, etc., and will ofcourse be different for each team. The panels of any given card will ofcourse contain the numbers and names of the different players who may becalled to fill the particular position with which the particular panelsare associated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that if a player, say for example,the quarter-back Kelly (player #18), is taken out of the game andanother player is announced by number as a substitute, it is onlynecessary to slide the Q. B. panel back or forth until the announcednumber appears in the adjacent window. Substitutions may be made in thisway throughout the game and the spectator or listener on the radio canhave the proper lineup before him no matter how fast the substitutionsare made during the game.

The spaces between the lines 3-3 on the back 2 and between those linesand the margins can be used as spaces for advertisements if desired. Soalso may the blank spaces on the front I be used if desired, so long asthe advertising matter does not seriously affect the ready reading ofthe numbers and names of the players in the windows adjacent to thepictures of the players.

The cars or guides 9 may be left fiat or they may be bent up at an angleto the plane of the face of the card, as may be found most convenientfor the purpose of manipulating the panel.

The front and back sheets I and 2 may be secured together in any desiredway, e. g., as by means of paste along their margins.

Slits ll may be provided near the lower ends of the slots 5, 5 tofacilitate passage of the guides 9. This feature simplifies theinsertion of the panels into the card in this manner: the panel is firstinserted through the window and moved upward until the end of the panelreaches slits H, and then moved downward, after the guides 9 are passedthrough the slits H in their fiattened condition shown in Figure 5, asfar as they will go; the guides 9 will now have passed from the back ofthe card, where they were inserted, to the front of the card to theiroperating position.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, itis thought the construction, utility and advantages of the invention aswell as its mode of operation will be clear to those skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. A novelty comprising a card sheet with representations of a footballlineup of player positions, said card having a pair of parallel slotsadjacent each player position and having a second pair of parallel slotsadjacent the first pair but at right angles to the same, a panel foreach player position comprising a strip on one face of which iscontained, in columnar arrangement, the number and name of each playerof the team for the particular position, said panel strip extendingthrough the second of said pairs of slots to exhibit a single playersnumber and name at a time, said panel strip having guideears extendingthrough the first of said pairs of slots for purposes described.

2. A novelty comprising a card sheet with representations of a footballlineup of player positions, said card having a pair of parallel slotsadjacent each player position and having a second pair of parallel slotsadjacent the first pair but at right angles to the same, a panel foreach player position comprising a strip on one face of which iscontained, in columnar arrangement, the number and name of each playerof the team for the particular position, said panel strip extendingthrough the second of said pairs of slots to exhibit a single playersnumber and name at a time, said panel strip having guide-ears extendingthrough the first of said pairs of slots, said panel strip being locatedon the rear face of said card sheet and a second card sheet as a backingfor said panels and said first card sheet, said card sheets beingsecured together.

3. A novelty comprising a card sheet with representations of a footballlineup of player positions, said card having a pair of parallel slotsadjacent each player position and having a second pair of parallel slotsadjacent the first pair but at right angles to and spaced from the same,a panel for each player position comprising a strip on one face of whichis contained, in columnar arrangement, the number and name of eachplayer of the team for the particular position, said panel stripextending through the second of said pairs of slots to exhibit a singleplayers number and name at a time, said panel strip having guide-ears,said card having a third pair of slots communicating with the first pairof slots adjacent each player and extending laterally therefrom for thepassage of said guide ears while they lie fiat during assembly of thepanel strips and card.

OTTO IVANEK.

